Posts Tagged ‘friendship’

once, we were sixall stacked in our sackthe closest of friends there could bebut each one got pickedmade into a snackand now all that’s left is just metheir scent lingers stilla strong onion smellthat oft makes me tear up and waili fear that i willstay trapped in this celltil time, and fresh air, turn me stale

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07 2009

Some people are like chocolate bagelstoo sweet to befriendWhile others act like garlic bagelsbitter to the endThose jalapeño cheddar typesthink substance equals styleWhile yawn-inducing plain ol’ folksaren’t even worth your whileThat’s why the people I love mostachieve a noble balanceThey’re more fun than some slice of toastbut don’t brag on their talentsThey’re real and true like doughy ringssprung from the onion seedThey don’t try to be everythingbut they’re everything I need

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07 2009

hit the rocknow boom! let’s blow it upthen pump your fist in circlesand bark just like a pupraise the roofa chest bump in midair!let’s wave our limbs aroundas if we just don’t carekick your heelsspirit fingers full of pridenow line up all our friendsfor the electric slide!silent cheer!gimme five! no gimme ten!we’re having onion bagelsfor our breakfast again!

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04 2009

my bagel used to be clean cuthe’d do as he was toldbut since he started growing uphe’s gotten rather boldhe hangs out with these seedy typesand does distasteful thingslike smoking back behind the schooland blowing onion ringsthe girls he sees all have pierced holesand smell distinctly stalethey look like they belong in sometwo-week-old baked goods salehe skipped his prom and passed out atan all-night toaster raveand came home sporting sideburns —that’s just no way to behave!